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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.20

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides. Viśvāmitra recounts Vāmana’s three strides and the restoration of Indra’s realm, then begins his observance with the brothers as guards

In the sequence: after resting, the brothers ask him to enter dīkṣā that very day and make Siddhāśrama truly a place of accomplishment → he enters dīkṣā (ritual initiation) → the princes pass the night there and salute him at dawn.

1.28.20

kumārāv api tāṃ rātrim uṣitvā susamāhitau
prabhātakāle cotthāya viśvāmitram avandatām

The two princes too, having passed that night well composed, rose at daybreak and saluted Viśvāmitra.

Words: kumārāv — the two princes; api — too; tāṃ — that; rātrim — night; uṣitvā — having passed, dwelt through; susamāhitau — well composed (dual); prabhātakāle — at daybreak; cotthāya — and having risen; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; avandatām — the two saluted, bowed to

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.